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La depresión y la ansiedad son dos trastornos del estado de ánimo con una incidencia muy elevada en la población general. Esta situación es especialmente importante entre las mujeres. Aunque existen muchas maneras de explicar la naturaleza de los desajustes emocionales, en este trabajo se abordan desde una perspectiva cognitiva. Según este enfoque, nuestros pensamientos podrían ejercer un papel clave en la determinación de nuestra cond...

Human Rights Education is one of the most effective ways of preventing human rights violations. Yet human rights education in schools is still not commonplace. Paula Gerber analyses why this is so. Using a case study approach, she evaluates the extent to which schools in Melbourne, Australia and Boston, USA are giving effect to the human rights education norm in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In the process, the author exposes some...

At Sandia National Laboratories, a 5.5 Megavolt Laser Triggered Gas Switch (LTGS) developed surface flashover within the PMMA envelope. This surface flashover occurs initially during the regular cascade switching process without affecting the switch's electrical performance. However, the switch will pre-fire in the successive shot. The damage to the envelope must be repaired before normal switch operation can resume. A 340 kV system was...

This book presents a type of hierarchical optimization models, stochastic equilibrium problems with equilibrium constraints, which have wide applicability across diverse domains in engineering design, management and energy economics. The book represents the PhD research experience of the author''s involvement in the methodology and application of stochastic equilibrium problems with equilibrium constraints. To computationally cope with the ran...

The book explores comparative analysis of perceived stress and coping strategies among University students.It is clear that higher learning institutions are the place where the future assets of the nation are produced. In this regard the universities should provide conducive learning environment for students. Students of higher education experience stress due to the new setting, academic, financial, health problem. As currently a large number ...

Forest degradation is the major ecological problem in developing countries. It is a dynamic process which can be attributed to various socioeconomic and biophysical factors.Forests are biodiversity hotspot and home to various biodiversity resources. However, forests are under dramatic transformations for multifaceted socioeconomic reasons.Preceding studies examined determinants of everyone''s decisions to adapt conservation practices from econ...

Although the Lebanese Civil War ended in 1991 and Beirut became a reunified city, much of it remains divided between a Christian East and a Muslim West. Beyond certain parts of the capital, many of its neighborhoods remain almost entirely religiously homogeneous. This study takes an in-depth look at two neighborhoods undergoing sectarian integration, and highlights the reasons residents have chosen to reside in non-co-religious settings. It al...

Study habit problem is a crucial issue which continues to generate a lot of concern among educationists, guidance counsellors, student themselves, psychologist and parents alike.. Because of its devastating effect, it therefore becomes necessary to revisit this problem (poor study habit) with a view to overcome it or reducing it to the barest minimum as it is now becoming the rule rather than the exception. This research is written primarily f...

Patient safety is an important current issue, due to the negative repercussions that can occur when things go wrong in a medical setting. In their Third Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Report (2006), HealthGrades estimated that 304, 702 people died from medical errors between 2002-2004. Organizational climate has been shown capable of influencing many different outcomes, including some critical to patient safety. There is a...

The research was of a qualitative nature with some quantitative analysis, questionnaires were used to conduct the analysis. This study also shows linking of various quality initiatives such as Investors in People (IIP), ISO 9000 Series, Business excellence and Total Quality Management (TQM) have strong links - but different emphasis. Quality is increasingly being seen as the factor that distinguishes the successful organisation from th...

Providing people with sufficient food is the major problem that is facing Ethiopia. Very few and incomplete research works have been conducted to demystify the possible relationship between Per Capita Food Availability (PCFA) and other demographic, social and economic variables. In this research, PCFA was taken as indicator of food security status. 250 PCFA was taken as the benchmark between food secure and food insecure households. Then PCFA ...

Over the years, "customer switching" in banking industry has increased exponentially resulting in significant loss of business and reputation for the banks. Integration of global financial systems and intense competition has now compelled these financial institutions to focus more on building customer loyalty. However, retaining customers requires knowledge of factors that cause customer switching. This book provides an empirical insight into ...

The objective of the present work was to study the effects of the prepared urea-starch resin during application in industries at different temperatures and various times. The isothermal weight loss (X%) of urea-starch resin was investigated at temperature 175, 200, 225 and 250 oC at period of times (10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 min.). The result shows that the amount of weight loss (X%) of urea-starch resin increases with increasing temperatures and ...

Neurological disorders are complex in various ways. A simple limitation is that brain tissue is difficult to study and research questions often have to be answered by other study designs. Another more important complexity is the often multifactorial nature of these disorders. Human Prion protein (PRNP) and Endothelin Receptor B (EDNRB) genes isolated from healthy and diseased Pakistani individuals (suffering from neurological disorders) have b...

This work investigates the possibility of obtaining 2-D all-pole low-pass filters, starting from all- pass filters. Previously, it has been shown that only 2-D band-pass and/or band-elimination filters were possible, when the starting point was the corresponding all-pass filters. In order to obtain such low-pass filters, the structure has been modified and the corresponding design procedure is enunciated. Starting from such analog low-pass fil...

Throughout the 1990s, young people, as new labour market entrants, appear to have been carrying most of the de-regulation and 'activation'' of European labour markets and welfare systems. This book provides an integrated analysis of two institutions that have become increasingly important in the early stages of young people''s working life: activation programmes and temporary jobs. An introductory chapter sets the scene by providing a common t...

This book is an account of art works made between 1997-2002 that investigated convergences of recorded sound and physical materiality. These activities fused autobiography with wider historical perspectives in an openly interpretive engagement with the symbolism of heritage sites. In addition, I have drawn upon sources such as radio broadcasts together with the digital acoustics of video game parlours to reposition notions of simulation, facs...

Arithmetic mean is a concept which, although simple in form, is quite complicated to fully understand. The purpose of this study was to examine how experts understood arithmetic mean in order to provide articulations of their understandings. Additionally, the articulations of conceptions of arithmetic mean could give a research-based foundation to future studies done to examine how to develop understanding of arithmetic mean. Five participant...

This work is dedicated to the problem of computer- aided plagiarism detection, i.e. to the development and the use of software instruments that help to reveal plagiarism. The creation of such tools raises specific algorithmic problems that deserve attention. The results covered in this work, include: (a) Building the taxonomy of existing plagiarism detection methods according to their speed and reliability characteristics. (b) Studying ...

Outbound travel by Chinese citizens has grown rapidly in recent years, with 40.95 million Mainland Chinese travelling outside China in 2007. It is predicted that by 2020 China will become the fourth largest country of tourist origin in the world. When travelling overseas, most Chinese holidaymakers join group tours escorted by Chinese-speaking local guides. These tour guides serve as the main point of contact between destination countr...